32 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 66 
At the end of eight days I felt bad and came down to Ayermadidi. That 
was on April 12th, and from then on I had more or less fever and finally 
mumps and high fever. This gradually increased so that I was unable to eat 
or drink anything for 9 days. As quinine had no effect on the fever I finally 
had to go to Menado to the military doctor there. He stopped my fever in 
two days, but then I was nearly “all in,” my temperature way below normal 
and pulse little more than fifty. I came around all right anyhow, so that I 
Fic. 33.—“ Betchie,” my black monkey from Toli Tol, 
a most affectionate and gentle animal. She remembered 
me after an absence of ten months. 
could walk after four or five days and now am all right but a little weak. The 
hotel at Menado (or in fact anywhere, where one can get European food) is 
expensive; here is better (cheaper) than Menado and cooler. The doctor said 
I should go to Tondano for a couple of months where the climate is very cool, 
but if I improve as of late I think that in less than a week I can start for 
Lembeh and do some collécting. Lembeh has no resident population, whereas 
Tondano has more than 12,000. 
